African Student Movement Songtext

von Saul Williams

Freedom, ignorance, jealousy, belligerence, anger, self-control, tolerance, to and fro, wisdom, ecstacy, addiction, dependency, discipline, counter act, pray for peace, then attack. Dominance. Contradict. Upper class derelict. Downgrade. Downsize. Upstate. Uprise.

Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me where my nigga at?

Downtown. On the block. At the club. Steaming hot. Dancing. Talking shit. Telling lies. Like a pimp. Meanwhile, underpaid. Read like, second grade. Uncle Sam, sign you up. Benefits. And a gun.

Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me where my nigga at?

African People. African people. African People. African People.
Shotgun. Shotgun. Shotgun. Shotgun.

Rise up. Over-stand. Stand your ground. Own your land. Serve all. Love all. Never sleep. Never fall. Meditate. Eat right. Pray first. Then fight. But for truth. Not for fame. Not for glory. Or the game.

Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me where my nigga at?

African People. African people. African People. African People.
Shotgun. Shotgun. Shotgun. Shotgun.

Liberia. Iraq. Dark brown. Light black. South Africa. Mozambique. Mud hut. Concrete. AIDS ridden. Heart disease. Strange fruit. Southern trees. Sierre Leone. Diamond mines. Cameroon. Pipe lines. Port au Prince. Salvadore. Civil right. Civil war. Zimbabwe. Trenchtown. Money makin'. Queens bound. BX. Shaolin. Uptown. Brooklyn. Upstate. Newburgh. Unseen. Unheard.

Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me, where my niggas at? Now tell me where my nigga at?

African People. African people. African People. African People.
Shotgun. Shotgun. Shotgun. Shotgun.